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Self-care is really important. It& #39;s needed for maintaining good mental health and helps us do a better job. People ask me about self-care and often don& #39;t know where to start, so here are some work-related practicable tips you can do today:
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕒" title="Ziffernblatt 03.00 Uhr" aria-label="Emoji: Ziffernblatt 03.00 Uhr"> Set 15 mins in your schedule as a meeting. Use this time for you. Get a coffee, do some reading (for fun), meditate... do something that makes you feel relaxed and helps reduce your stress levels. Most if us can find 15 mins a day to do this. 2/
2 - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚶♀️" title="Gehende Frau" aria-label="Emoji: Gehende Frau">Go for a walk over your lunch break. We all need to eat. If you aren& #39;t taking time for lunch, now is the time to factor that in too. You aren& #39;t a robot. You need food to keep you sharp. 3/
3 - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚧" title="Baustellenschild" aria-label="Emoji: Baustellenschild"> Set a boundary between work and your end of the day. Build in something you do to signal to yourself to switch off. Clean your desk. Go for a walk. Archive those pesky emails. This way you can start to encourage your brain to switch off at the end of the day. 4/
4 - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍯" title="Honigtopf" aria-label="Emoji: Honigtopf">Create a worry jar, or worry book, where you write down your worries and concerns. I find this helps with anxiety. Once they are in the book/jar, let them go if you can. They are the worry books problem now, not yours. 5/
5 - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👐" title="Open hands" aria-label="Emoji: Open hands"> Reach out to colleagues and check in with them, see how they are doing and ask if they need any help. Often we feel better helping others. 6/
6 - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📄" title="Seite mit der Schriftseite oben" aria-label="Emoji: Seite mit der Schriftseite oben">Prioritise your work. Make lists and break the problems down into today& #39;s & #39;definite& #39; tasks, today& #39;s & #39;maybes& #39; and today& #39;s & #39;definitely not& #39;, to help avoid feeling overwhelmed with the tasks you have to do. 7/
Got any more self-care tips? Please share below https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> 8/
